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[[Category:Biomass EfW Plants]] | [[Category:Biomass EfW Plants]] | ||
{{BiomassPlant|NAME=Birmingham Bio Power|id=14}} | {{BiomassPlant|NAME=Birmingham Bio Power|id=14}} | ||
[[File:Birmingham Bio Power.jpg|400px|left|Birmingham Bio Power. CoGen, 2018.]] | [[File:Birmingham Bio Power.jpg|400px|left|Birmingham Bio Power. CoGen, 2018.]]__TOC__ | ||
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==Summary== | ==Summary== | ||
A [[Biomass EfW]] facility based on processing up to 67,000 tonnes per annum of | A [[Biomass EfW]] facility based on processing up to 67,000 tonnes per annum of [[Wood Waste]] producing 10.3 MWe gross power to be exported to the national grid after the facility’s own energy requirements are met. The facility is located in Tyseley in Birmingham, adjacent to [[Tyseley ERF]]. The [[Wood Waste]] feedstock is sourced locally through a contract with [[Jack Moody Envirofuels Limited]]<ref name="ref1" >Power Technology, 2016. [https://www.power-technology.com/projects/birmingham-bio-power-plant-tyseley/ Birmingham Bio Power Plant, Tyseley - Power Technology | Energy News and Market Analysis. Online. [Accessed 3 April 2020].]</ref>. | ||
The facility was developed by CoGen, who continue to provide management services, and is operated by Engie. Birmingham Bio Power became operational at the start of 2016<ref>CoGen, 2018. [https://www.cogenuk.com/projects Projects — Cogen. Online. CoGen. [Accessed 3 April 2020].</ref>. | The facility was developed by [[CoGen]], who continue to provide management services, and is operated by [[Engie]]. Birmingham Bio Power became operational at the start of 2016<ref>CoGen, 2018. [https://www.cogenuk.com/projects Projects — Cogen. Online. CoGen. [Accessed 3 April 2020].</ref>. | ||
==Plant== | ==Plant== | ||
The facility utilises | The facility utilises [[Nexterra]]’s fixed-bed updraft [[Gasification]] system technology, which is an [[Advanced Conversion Technology]]. [[MWH Treatment]] provided [[EPC]] services for the project<ref>Nexterra, 2014. [https://www.nexterra.ca/files/pdf/Project_Profile_BBPL20140105.pdf Birmingham Bio Power Ltd. Online. Nexterra.ca. [Accessed 3 April 2020].]</ref>. | ||
The project has an estimated cost of £47.8m which was financed Green Investment Bank (GIB), Balfour Beatty, Eternity Capital Management, Foresight’s UK Waste Resources and Energy Investments (UKWREI) fund, and Carbonarius’s GCP Infrastructure Fund (GCP)<ref name="ref1" />. | The project has an estimated cost of £47.8m which was financed [[Green Investment Bank]] (GIB), [[Balfour Beatty]], [[Eternity Capital Management]], [[Foresight’s UK Waste Resources and Energy Investments]] (UKWREI) fund, and [[Carbonarius’s GCP Infrastructure Fund]] (GCP)<ref name="ref1" />. | ||
This facility has been replicated by its sister project [[Welland | Welland Bio Power]]. | This facility has been replicated by its sister project [[Welland | Welland Bio Power]]. | ||